Existing states of exploring Bluefield.
Previous studies [1]}, [2]}, [3]}, [4]}
focus on the computing power of Bluefield (➃ in Figure REF ),
revealing its SoC cores are relatively weak—both in terms of performing offloaded tasks
and sending network requests—because the frequency and number of cores
are inferior to the host CPU.
The relative performance between the SoC and the host is unlikely to change due to
power constraints of SmartNIC, so we take it as a premise during our investigation.
